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How can I share an external hard drive between a Mac and a PC?

Fresh7 days ago
Mar 15, 202612104 views
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How should I format my hard drive for use on both a Mac and a PC? Is there any way I can also use Time Machine with this drive?

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I use NTFS-3G for the Mac and formatted the drive NTFS. This allows me to use it on both Windows and Mac and easily move between these machines. You can use FAT32 but it does have a file size limitation of just under 4GB (232−1 bytes).

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